Usually it's a temporary success. Wood likes to revert back to it's natural grain structure.

People go to a Casino and lose 100 dollars in a millisecond and don't worry about it.

If you are worried about 100 dollars when you are interacting with a world champion then you may be a nit..........

cuesblues said:

My walking cane was made by Mark bear from a Mark bear blank
He even signed it
No big deal I just haven't heard his name in a long time

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This is very cool my friend!

iusedtoberich said:

Why didn't you go off the end rail like Buddy in shot 3? I don't think he could have gotten there with the GC (he tried 3 times), but with the Diamond, you should be golden on that route.

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you can play it either way. I just treat it as two different positions. I think the way it was originally meant in the booklet from Kim Davenport, was position without hitting a rail.

They played a little easier rules in the tournament, that you were allowed to hit as many rails as you want getting to the target.

The way I practice with my coach is: there is an exact amount of rails to hit (if you are supposed to get on the target without hitting a rail and you get there on your way back after hitting a rail - it's zero points ).

[edit: thats for full target in the middle of the table. with half a target having scoring the five freezing the cue ball to the rail you are obviously allowed to hit the rail. Like in position 8 from the video starting at 15:57.]

kanzzo said:

If a missing target was the only thing that kept you from trying this training method so far, I’d like to take that excuse away.

Here are the templates that let you create your own targets in under 15 minutes:
- you can download the full target (for position in the middle of the table) here.
- and a half target (for position on the rail) here.

The process should be self-explanatory, but here’s a short video just in case:

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For keeping score (you always have to pocket the object ball in the intended pocket to score):

• 5 points: the cue ball comes to rest completely inside the target.
• 3 points: the cue ball comes to rest on the paper or outside the target, but overlaps the paper (even slightly, ~1/16").
• 2 points: place a reference ball just outside the target, overlapping the paper by almost half a ball. If there is not enough space to fit a third ball between the cue ball and the reference ball, you score 2 points.
• 0 points: if the cue ball is farther away from the target than this, you score zero points.

I hope these images help illustrate it more clearly.

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kanzzo said:

And here’s a video of me challenging the pros at Target Pool using positions from Kim Davenport’s Target Pool, as they were played at the 1994 Target Pool Tournament.

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The full recording of the tournament can be found here. (Billy Incardona in the booth).

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Thanks for posting. Nobody I know (mostly bangers) will play. I'm going to set it and work out solo.

kanzzo said:

And here’s a video of me challenging the pros at Target Pool using positions from Kim Davenport’s Target Pool, as they were played at the 1994 Target Pool Tournament.

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The full recording of the tournament can be found here. (Billy Incardona in the booth).

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Why didn't you go off the end rail like Buddy in shot 3? I don't think he could have gotten there with the GC (he tried 3 times), but with the Diamond, you should be golden on that route.

BilliardsAbout said:

I’ve coached based solely on videos or live on Zoom. I’m happy to help, and the first hour is free so we can see how well we mesh.

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